Davanagere

Civic administration

Davangere has been at the forefront of municipal administration, attaining municipal status as early as 1870. The Imperial Gazetteer of India (1911) states that the municipality's receipts and expenditure, during the ten years ending 1901, averaged Rs 14,200 and Rs 12,600, respectively. The city's civic administration was managed by the Nagarasabhe before it was established as a municipality on 7 August 1951. It now has the status of a City Corporation, which was upgraded on 6 January 2007. It is headed by a Mayor, assisted by Commissioners and council members. The city is divided into 45 wards, and council members (corporators) are elected by the city's residents.

Geography

Davanagere is the "Heart of Karnataka". Davanagere is surrounded by the Chitradurga, Vijayanagara, Shimoga, Chikmagalur and Haveri districts. Davanagere is at the centre of Karnataka, 14°28' N latitude, 75°59' longitude and 602.5 m above sea level. Davanagere District receives an average annual rainfall of 644.

Demographics

|1931|23155 |1941 |31759 |1951|56018 |1961|78124 |1971|121110 |1981 |196621 |1991|287233 |2001|364523 |2011|435125

The current estimated population of Davanagere city in 2025 is 633,000 https://census2011.co.in/census/city/442-davanagere.html, while the Davanagere metro population is estimated at 0. The last census was conducted in 2011, and the scheduled census for Davanagere city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates for Davanagere city are based on past growth rates. Once the government conducts a census for Davanagere city, we will update it in 2025. As per the provisional reports of the Census of India, the population of Davanagere in 2011 was 434,971.

Davanagere Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio

In the education section, the total literates in Davanagere city are 329,003 of which 174,019 are males while 154,984 are females. The average literacy rate of Davanagere city is 84.90 per cent, of which male and female literacy was 89.02 and 80.71 per cent. The sex ratio of Davanagere city is 979 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 954 per 1000 boys.

Climate

Devanagere has been ranked 25th among the “National Clean Air City” under (Category 2 3-10L Population cities) in India. | Jan record high C = 37.0 | Feb record high C = 37.0 | Mar record high C = 39.0 | Apr record high C = 40.5 | May record high C = 40.0 | Jun record high C = 38.5 | Jul record high C = 34.0 | Aug record high C = 33.0 | Sep record high C = 34.0 | Oct record high C = 35.0 | Nov record high C = 33.5 | Dec record high C = 34.0 |year record high C = | Jan record low C = 5.6 | Feb record low C = 5.6 | Mar record low C = 10.8 | Apr record low C = 13.6 | May record low C = 13.8 | Jun record low C = 12.6 | Jul record low C = 13.6 | Aug record low C = 15.5 | Sep record low C = 11.6 | Oct record low C = 12.3 | Nov record low C = 8.6 | Dec record low C = 7.8 |year record low C = | access-date = April 8, 2024

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